It’s been a while since the last post… I know, right? With the holidays, a new kid, a new job, moving and everything else going on, I’ve kinda let this site drop out as I continue to try and tackle the more demanding aspects of life. I seem [...]
I can’t take it anymore. I’ve exhausted almost every common-sense option in the book thus far, and I continue to find myself chasing my tail in circles at the ineptness of government civilian and military employees. No wonder these people don’t work for the private sector; a handful of [...]
I really don’t have fond memories of going through the centrifuge when I had to do it 7 years ago prior to flying F-16s. For those that don’t know what the centrifuge is, imagine that circus ride that spins around and sticks you to the wall as the floor drops… [...]
You guys get another Pams-titute for the next few months. Trav’s officially back in theater. Shoddy military transport extended his departure an entire day. It was an unexpected blessing (and much needed one too). Since all the necessities had already been completed prior to his original goodbye, Trav and [...]
Reference the good news of my recent reassignment to Italy… but I guess the surprises keep coming.
I got the same sort of surprise back 7 years ago when I just finished Pilot Training down yonder in ‘Sippi. After I found out I got F-16s, I was sitting in an assignment [...]
You know you’ve been in an assignment too long when everyone else (Army guys, in my case) has moved onto bigger and better stuff and you’re the last man standing.
Well, I think I can finally say that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel… and [...]
Before I left for my last overseas trip, I got to shoot some 105mm rounds from a Gunship (covered in The Big Guns). Most pilots know that rounds from big guns can be turned into drinking containers; hell, the 20mm shells from the F-16 can be seen in the form [...]
My Old Man was at a Texas A&M Alumni barbeque back in August. He ended up bumping into Jackie Sherrill, the Aggies’ head football coach from 1982 to 1988. Ironically, he was the head coach of Mississippi State from 1991 until his retirement in 2003. I say [...]
Well, it’s about that time again where I spread my wings and get my snow-bird ass to warmer places, check in on my vacation home and become enlightened on my 4-month sabbatical from daily life. On the plus side, it will be alcohol and tobacco free; firearms, though, are another [...]
I’ve been gone the past week for an Air Force TDY to Hurlburt Field in Florida. Since I’m sitting at T-8 days until I go back to my overseas vacation home for a few months, I decided to load Pam and the kid up into the car and whisk them [...]
